The difference between the two muskets lies inside the barrel. A smooth-bore barrel is (as the name suggests) smooth inside. As the ball that the gun fires is slightly smaller than the barrel it...
There were matchlocks before flintlocks. They used a slow burning string, something like a fuse. The "hammer" held this in a clamp and when the trigger was pulled the lit "match" touched the priming...
Probably French, and France has always been a part of Europe, and Britons have been traditionally hesitant to identify themselves as Europeans. British weaponry at the time was typically distributed...
Stand the musket with the butt on the ground.Retrieve a cartridge from Cartridge box.Pour powder into the barrelInsert the bullet into the boreDraw rammer and seat the bulletreplace the rammerdraw...